The photos aren't coming out great at midnight in my kitchen, but here are some completed shots!

The only thing coming through clearly in the photos is the fingerprint smudged on the lens of my iPhone...

The whole thing is textured now, and it all fits on a single page within the boundaries for cutfiles. I didn't cut any of these pieces by hand! Yay!

I wanted to texture the area UNDER the arched space, so I grabbed a chunk of a wall and stretched it to fit. I am pretty content with how it looks when in place.

I'll need to spend some time writing up build instructions. It's pretty easy to assemble, even with the curved bit (I've done it twice, and twice it's worked out great). The underside piece is 2mm too long, and the top water texture is about 1mm too short. Such tiny sizes, but it makes a difference, unfortunately. So I need to fix that up along with the cutfiles, and build one more. Maybe I'll do that when I have double-sided textures, or if I make a second, lower waterfall piece...

Wow - I didn't expect such enthusiasm! I didn't have a lot of time today, but I was able to finish the wall pieces. I took the wall that you see in the pictures and basically removed the water track from one side. I made two versions of the wall, where the water track was moved from one side or the other, and left alone on the reverse. This allows the wall to be used in either direction.

I realize that I took a big shortcut - I designed the pieces right in the cutfiles, so the parts that are untextured... well... I don't have any actual outlines showing where non robo-cutter folks would cut and score... So, that's my next step before I can package this up and submit it.

It was a hectic week, and until the end of the year, family responsibilities are taking over as they always do. Still, I'm trying to squeeze in some time to wrap up projects.

mproteau wrote:

I made two versions of the wall, where the water track was moved from one side or the other, and left alone on the reverse. This allows the wall to be used in either direction.

I ended up making the end piece on the water track two sided, where one shows water falling down, and one shows a wall type texture. You can decide which one you want to have shown. For the sides, I made the main page have one with water falling down, and one without, but I am packaging up a second page with just the sides, so if you want a different combination (like water falling on both sides, or only out the end, or whatever) you can save some ink.

mproteau wrote:

I realize that I took a big shortcut - I designed the pieces right in the cutfiles, so the parts that are untextured... well... I don't have any actual outlines showing where non robo-cutter folks would cut and score... So, that's my next step before I can package this up and submit it.

Done! I did it the hard way, and learned a better way, so this was a worthwhile project for me. I've gone and built ONE MORE of these little things, and I snapped photos along the way. Now I just have to type up the instructions to go with the photos, and it'll be ready for submission.

Once it's all ready, I'll try to make a second, smaller waterway piece to go with it.

I think I just finished up acceptable instructions for this, which means it isn't far from being submission-ready. Since I've now built three of these things, I am not inclined to build more, but I realize I left off a marker for where a reverse-score is necessary. I've been using my Silhouette to cut things out, so it hasn't been an issue for me! So, I'll figure out which line needs some red triangles on it.

With my remaining time at work today (while my pokey compiler is busy compiling!) I'll see how easy it will be for me to chop this model down so I can make a 1/2 height version as well, allowing for one to flow into the other.

With my remaining time at work today (while my pokey compiler is busy compiling!) I'll see how easy it will be for me to chop this model down so I can make a 1/2 height version as well, allowing for one to flow into the other.

It looks like it was an easy conversion, assuming all the parts really line up. No tools at work to try a test print. I'll make some cutfiles for it tonight, and assuming a test build works, I'll submit all the pieces and post an updated picture with the two sizes together.

I've never submitted a kitbash like this before, so I'm looking forward to undergoing some scrutiny by the reviewers. If there's any issues with the textures, or the instruction layouts or photos, I'd like to know about it so I can make the next submission go even smoother.

Hmmm... I put together the cutfile for the smaller waterfall piece, and it really hacked up the smaller tabs (though the tabs themselves are no smaller than on the larger version...) It's taking me a couple iterations to get the cutfiles right. I am experimenting with putting small cut lines in rather than "score" lines. Almost done with the test build...

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